The word ‘SHATTERED’ has a variety of meanings and means different things to different people.

Certain experiences that cause a sense of being shattered can foster shared understanding among individuals. Feelings such as devastation, brokenness, inability to cope, distress, being overwhelmed, sadness, guilt, despair, or anguish are some of the ways people may connect with each other.

Regardless of the cause, feeling shattered can be a highly distressing and immobilizing experience.

Without sharing my reason for feeling shattered, I remember a time when I experienced a brief respite during that phase of my life.

I remember walking into the grocery store one evening after work and sensing the brightness of the store. I remember, it was the fall season, and the displays were colorful and for the first time in a long time, they caught my attention. It was like everything had a spotlight shining on them. I saw colors. Colors of orange, green, yellow and red that I had walked by many times never realizing they were there. Even though that experience was decades ago, I can still see those colors in my mind’s eye. It was then that I realized how much I was allowing my circumstances to control my life. Before this, I would go to the grocery store and everything looked colorless. In somewhat of a fog, I would quickly get what I needed and check out.

I’m sure that someone reading this can identify with what I was going through. I dare say there is not an individual or family that has not experienced some sense of being SHATTERED and broken.

I am reminded of the scripture in Psalm 34:18 that conveys that God is near to the broken hearted (or shattered) and that he rescues those who cry out to him.

It was during that time of brokenness, that I did cry out to God and He kept me safe and gave me the strength to go on another day.

In my book “Shattered” you will find out what happens to someone who cried out to God during their time of feeling broken and shattered.